Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe
Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe, QPM (born 25 October 1957) is an English former police officer and was the head of London's Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2011 until 2017.
The Right Honourable The Lord Hogan-Howe | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2017 Life Peerage | |
| Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
| In office 12 September 2011 – 22 February 2017 | |
| Deputy | Tim Godwin Craig Mackey |
| Home Secretary |
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| Mayor | Boris Johnson Sadiq Khan |
| Preceded by | Sir Paul Stephenson |
| Succeeded by | Dame Cressida Dick |
| Chief Constable of Merseyside Police | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Norman Bettison |
| Succeeded by | Andy Cooke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bernard Howe 25 October 1957 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Marion White, Lady Hogan-Howe
(m. 2008) |
| Residence | London |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford (MA) Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Dipl. Crim.) University of Sheffield (MBA) |
| Profession | Police officer |
Born in Sheffield, Hogan-Howe joined the South Yorkshire Police in 1979, becoming District Commander of the Doncaster West area, as well as obtaining university qualifications in law and criminology. In 1997, he transferred to Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable for Community Affairs, moving on to area operations. He then joined the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner for personnel, before being appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police.
After two years as an Inspector of Constabulary, Hogan-Howe was briefly Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police before being appointed Commissioner in September 2011.
Hogan-Howe was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to policing.